cable
Other forms: cables; cabled; cabling
A cable can be a strong and thick hemp or steel rope, or a conductor for sending electrical or optical signals.
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a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wiretypes:ground cablea mooring cable; runs from a buoy to a mooring anchortype of:ropea strong line
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fasten with a cable
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a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric powersynonyms: line, transmission linetypes:electrical cablea cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stationsfiber optic cable, fibre optic cablea cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of lightprinter cablea cable between a computer and a printerethernet cableany of several types of coaxial cable used in ethernetstype of:conductora device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
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a television system that transmits over cablessynonyms: cable system, cable television, cable television servicetype of:television, television systema telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
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television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiversynonyms: cable television
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a telegram sent abroadsynonyms: cablegram, overseas telegram
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send cables, wires, or telegramstype of:telecommunicatecommunicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail
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a nautical unit of depthsynonyms: cable length, cable's length
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